Administrative Assistant
| Posting date: | 16 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | RUGBY, Warwickshire, CV23 1ED |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 86c5417e-005f-4eee-8f7f-82cc6f9f8186 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We’re looking for an organised, proactive, and people-focused Administration Assistant who thrives in a fast-paced school environment and takes pride in keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes. You’ll bring confident administrative skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage sensitive information with discretion. From maintaining accurate pupil attendance records and managing our MIS systems, to handling communications, supporting the Business Support Team, and ensuring our daily operations run effortlessly, you’ll be a vital part of our school community. If you’re someone who enjoys variety, can work independently while supporting a wider team, and is committed to delivering a high-quality service, we’d be delighted to receive your application.
Main Role and Responsibilities:
Office Duties
• Support in pupil attendance information
• Maintain confidential pupil records/ inputting of data collection
• Manage manual and computerised MIS systems
• Handle incoming email and distribute appropriately
• Undertake routine clerical activities /duties as required and completing routine forms
• Prepare documents and oversee reprographics requests
• Oversee and report on travel plan for pupils to and from school
Records
• To maintain accurate and up to date attendance/lateness records both manually and electronically and to ensure ongoing monitoring of attendance for all children to promote good attendance across the school
• Process and record children who arrive late, and leave during the school day
• To ensure full records are kept and filed appropriately
• To prepare relevant attendance certificates for individual pupils via SIMS reporting
Other
• Support Executive Office Manager & PA to the Principal in various administrative duties as and when delegated
• Administration of the on-call function as part of a wider rota
• Cover other areas of the Business Support Team in cases of staff absence
What the school offers its staff
Houlton School is an 11-18 Free School Academy and is part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust, based in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Houlton is a brand new, campus-style academy, which occupies the Grade II listed former Rugby Radio Station buildings, as well as three purpose-built, specialist teaching blocks, all set within a 20 acre campus on the Eastern border of Warwickshire.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Transforming Lives Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers, contractors, parents and pupils to share this commitment.
We’re looking for an organised, proactive, and people-focused Administration Assistant who thrives in a fast-paced school environment and takes pride in keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes. You’ll bring confident administrative skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage sensitive information with discretion. From maintaining accurate pupil attendance records and managing our MIS systems, to handling communications, supporting the Business Support Team, and ensuring our daily operations run effortlessly, you’ll be a vital part of our school community. If you’re someone who enjoys variety, can work independently while supporting a wider team, and is committed to delivering a high-quality service, we’d be delighted to receive your application.
Main Role and Responsibilities:
Office Duties
• Support in pupil attendance information
• Maintain confidential pupil records/ inputting of data collection
• Manage manual and computerised MIS systems
• Handle incoming email and distribute appropriately
• Undertake routine clerical activities /duties as required and completing routine forms
• Prepare documents and oversee reprographics requests
• Oversee and report on travel plan for pupils to and from school
Records
• To maintain accurate and up to date attendance/lateness records both manually and electronically and to ensure ongoing monitoring of attendance for all children to promote good attendance across the school
• Process and record children who arrive late, and leave during the school day
• To ensure full records are kept and filed appropriately
• To prepare relevant attendance certificates for individual pupils via SIMS reporting
Other
• Support Executive Office Manager & PA to the Principal in various administrative duties as and when delegated
• Administration of the on-call function as part of a wider rota
• Cover other areas of the Business Support Team in cases of staff absence
What the school offers its staff
Houlton School is an 11-18 Free School Academy and is part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust, based in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Houlton is a brand new, campus-style academy, which occupies the Grade II listed former Rugby Radio Station buildings, as well as three purpose-built, specialist teaching blocks, all set within a 20 acre campus on the Eastern border of Warwickshire.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Transforming Lives Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers, contractors, parents and pupils to share this commitment.